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5 February 1945: Railway transport from Sorau to Paderborn. 11 February 1945: The battalion is deactivated (Order: OBdH/AHA 9708/45). The personnel are used for the formation of schwere Panzer:Jager-Abteilung 512 in DetmoldSchoningen (equipped with the Jagdtiger tank destroyer). /schwere PanzerAbteilung 501 remains in Paderborn. /schwere Panzer-Abteilung 501 (Oberleutnant Busch) with drivers' instruction tanks (2 Tiger Is, 1 Panther, 1 Panzer IV) of the inventory of the Panzer-Ersatz- und Ausbildungs-Abteilung 500 (500th Armor Replacement and Training Battalion) in the area Paderborn-Salzkotten.

The battalion is attached to the VI. Armee-Korps. 12 February 1944: One Tiger is employed in the Nowiki Bridgehead at the Lutschessa River with the 131. Infanterie-Division. 13 February 1944: Abortive counterattacks, resulting in 9 destroyed Tigers. Total tanks: 29. 25 February 1944: Several Tigers and elements of Grenadier-Regiment 481 clear a wooded area 500 meters east ofWichni but have to pull back. 1 March 1944: 17 Tiger I tanks operational; lack of spare parts. 12 March 1944: Employment in Operation "Hubertus," a counterattack of the 256.

HARTMANN 52 TIGERS IN COMBAT I Loading and unloading of the ferries was marked by tight spaces with only a few inches of leeway. It required a great deal of concentration on the part of the drivers. This rear view shows the arrangement of the Feifel air cleaners, the gun tools in the small box on the left, the 15-ton winch on the right and the unique attachment of spare track links beneath the two exhaust pipes. /schwere Panzer-Abteilung 501 returns from a successful engagement against an antitank gun.